Famous Women Mathematicians

Although many peoople are more familiar with some of their male counterparts, such as Einstein, Newton, and Fibonacci, the amazing contributions of these talented women mathematicians cannot be overlooked.

Our list provides a brief bio of eight of the most influential women in the field of mathematics. Of course, many others have made tremendous contributions as well - who knows you could be on our list someday!

Maria Gaetana Agnesi
Maria is credited as the first person to write a book containing (and comparing) both integral and differential calculus. She is sometimes referred to as the next Hypathia because her contribution was so substations. She was born in Italy in 1718 and passed away in 1799.

Sophie Germain
Sophie was inspired by a book written by the famous mathematician Gaus. Unfortunately social biases at the time prevented her from reaching her true potential. Still, she made signifcany contributions to Fermat's Last Theorem and is considered a pioneer of the Elasticity Theory. She was born in 1776 and passed away in 1831

Ada Lovelace
Ada is often referred to as the World's First Computer Programmer! She was the first person to write an algorithm that was intended to be processed by a machine. Amazingly, this was done all the way back in 1842! Lovelace was born in 1815 and passed away in 1852, but clearly she made an incredible impact on future generations.

Sofia Kovalevskaya
Sofia is known to be the first Russia women to make major contributions to mathematics. Her largest contributions were in the fields of analysis and differential equations. She lived between 1850 and 1891.

Amalie Emmy Noether
Emmy, as she was often referred, is a German mathematician that is known for her gigantic contributions to the field of abstract algebra. In fact, she was so amazing that Einstein himself stated that she is the most important woman in the history of mathematics. She lived between 1882 and 1935.